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Originally posted by iamthelaw614
Maybe it already has. How do we know that the mark isn't an idea planted in our heads. For all we know capitalism is the "beast" that is leading us into damnation.
APOLOGY: If you belong to the Church we are about to discuss, please allow me to apologize up front for what may hurt or offend you. We very much love people from all denominations and have no vendetta against any Church as this would be contrary to Christian teaching, but this truth has to be preached. If it were not in God's Word we would be silent about it, but it is Bible truth and the truth of who is the antichrist must be revealed or many will perish in the end times.
Originally posted by Sk8ergrl
APOLOGY: If you belong to the Church we are about to discuss, please allow me to apologize up front for what may hurt or offend you. We very much love people from all denominations and have no vendetta against any Church as this would be contrary to Christian teaching, but this truth has to be preached. If it were not in God's Word we would be silent about it, but it is Bible truth and the truth of who is the antichrist must be revealed or many will perish in the end times.
sourceedit on 1/30/1212 by Sk8ergrl because: (no reason given)
While I really only interested in whether or not it would bother non-Christians to take a mark...
Take a mark, physical or metaphorical and these people can eat? Oh yeah. Anyway I can get more than one mark? What's the limit?
Again, its just not about taking the mark. Theres also the worship factor involved. i.e - Mark + worship of the beast. If a global mark system to buy and sell was implemented, then imagine a poor Godfearing family of 5 living in a third world #hole. They take the mark out of desperation only to have something to eat. Will God send them all to hell, even if they did not "worship" whoever offered them the mark? What if they refused the mark and went without food causing the deaths of their children, perhaps even infants. Will God send the adults of the family to hell for causing their deaths?
Originally posted by mileysubet
Always wondered why the christian god or satan needed a "mark" to tell who is who, never made much sense to me.
I wouldnt accept it and would strongly urge everyone I know to reject it as well